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'''Ida Amelia West''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}} (1919 – 8 September 2003) was an Australian Aboriginal elder who was better known as '''Aunty Ida'''. She was the author of ''Pride Against Prejudice.''
'''Ida Amelia West''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}} (1919 – 8 September 2003) was an Australian Aboriginal elder who was better known as '''Aunty Ida'''. She was the author of ''Pride Against Prejudice.''


Ida West was born on [[Cape Barren Island]] in 1919 and moved with her family to [[Flinders Island]] as a young child.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2003-09-10|title=West, Mrs Ida|url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=CHAMBER;id=chamber/hansardr/2003-09-10/0123;query=Id:%22chamber/hansardr/2003-09-10/0000%22|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-10|website=Parliament of Australia}}</ref>
Ida West was born on [[Cape Barren Island]] in 1919 and moved with her family to [[Flinders Island]] as a young child.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2003-09-10|title=West, Mrs Ida|url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=CHAMBER;id=chamber/hansardr/2003-09-10/0123;query=Id:%22chamber/hansardr/2003-09-10/0000%22|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-10|website=Parliament of Australia}}</ref> She was attended school in [[Lughrata, Tasmania|Lughrata]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=West, Ida|url=http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE1081b.htm|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-10|website=The Australian Women's Register|language=en-gb}}</ref>

In 1984 her memoir, ''Pride Against Prejudice: Reminiscences of a Tasmanian Aborigine'', was published by [[Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies|Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=West|first=Ida|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/12483705|title=Pride Against Prejudice: Reminiscences of a Tasmanian Aborigine|date=1984|publisher=Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies|isbn=0-391-03126-0|location=Canberra|oclc=12483705}}</ref>


She was awarded the [[Centenary Medal]] in 2001 for "services to social welfare, justice and reconciliation"<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mrs Ida Amelia West|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1122530|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-10|website=It's An Honour}}</ref> and appointed a [[Order of Australia|Member of the Order of Australia]] in the [[2002 Australia Day Honours]] for "service as a leader of the Aboriginal community in Tasmania".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mrs Ida Amelia West|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1132336|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-10|website=It's An Honour}}</ref>
She was awarded the [[Centenary Medal]] in 2001 for "services to social welfare, justice and reconciliation"<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mrs Ida Amelia West|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1122530|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-10|website=It's An Honour}}</ref> and appointed a [[Order of Australia|Member of the Order of Australia]] in the [[2002 Australia Day Honours]] for "service as a leader of the Aboriginal community in Tasmania".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mrs Ida Amelia West|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1132336|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-10|website=It's An Honour}}</ref>

Speeches were made in Australian Federal Parliament on 10 September and in the Tasmanian Parliament on 23 and 30 September 2003, expressing condolences and recognising West's life and work.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Citation|author1=Tasmania. Parliament|title=Speeches in the House of Assembly on 23 September 2003 and in the Legislative Council on 30 September 2003 to express condolence on the death of Aunty Ida West on 8 September 2003: Tasmanian Aboriginal elder|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/228838045|publication-date=2003|publisher=Parliament of Tasmania|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref>

The Department of Health in Tasmania established the Ida West Aboriginal Health Scholarship in 2003 in her honour.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Tasmanian State Service Annual Report 2014-15: Chapter 8 – Diversity and good workplaces|url=http://www.dpac.tas.gov.au/divisions/ssmo/about_ssmo/tss_annual_report_2014-15/chapter_8_diversity_and_good_workplaces|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-10|website=Department of Premier and Cabinet}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|author1=Tasmania. Department of Health and Human Services|title=Ida West Aboriginal Health Scholarship|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/228848797|publication-date=2003|publisher=Tasmania Dept of Health and Human Services|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 07:28, 10 July 2021

Ida Amelia West AM (1919 – 8 September 2003) was an Australian Aboriginal elder who was better known as Aunty Ida. She was the author of Pride Against Prejudice.

Ida West was born on Cape Barren Island in 1919 and moved with her family to Flinders Island as a young child.[1] She was attended school in Lughrata.[2]

In 1984 her memoir, Pride Against Prejudice: Reminiscences of a Tasmanian Aborigine, was published by Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies.[3]

She was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001 for "services to social welfare, justice and reconciliation"[4] and appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2002 Australia Day Honours for "service as a leader of the Aboriginal community in Tasmania".[5]

Speeches were made in Australian Federal Parliament on 10 September and in the Tasmanian Parliament on 23 and 30 September 2003, expressing condolences and recognising West's life and work.[1][6]

The Department of Health in Tasmania established the Ida West Aboriginal Health Scholarship in 2003 in her honour.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b "West, Mrs Ida". Parliament of Australia. 2003-09-10. Retrieved 2021-07-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "West, Ida". The Australian Women's Register. Retrieved 2021-07-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ West, Ida (1984). Pride Against Prejudice: Reminiscences of a Tasmanian Aborigine. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. ISBN 0-391-03126-0. OCLC 12483705.
  4. ^ "Mrs Ida Amelia West". It's An Honour. Retrieved 2021-07-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Mrs Ida Amelia West". It's An Honour. Retrieved 2021-07-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ Tasmania. Parliament (2003), Speeches in the House of Assembly on 23 September 2003 and in the Legislative Council on 30 September 2003 to express condolence on the death of Aunty Ida West on 8 September 2003: Tasmanian Aboriginal elder, Parliament of Tasmania, retrieved 10 July 2021
  7. ^ "The Tasmanian State Service Annual Report 2014-15: Chapter 8 – Diversity and good workplaces". Department of Premier and Cabinet. Retrieved 2021-07-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ Tasmania. Department of Health and Human Services (2003), Ida West Aboriginal Health Scholarship, Tasmania Dept of Health and Human Services, retrieved 10 July 2021
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